The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. May 15, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Diana Degette to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Compassionate and merciful god, thank you for giving us another day. Send down your spirit upon this chamber. May your protective energy banish all malicious elements, and your healing presence inspire the members of this peoples house to recognize and accept the awesome responsibility that is theirs. N this difficult time. Continue to bless all those whose lifes work is in bringing your healing to all those stricken by the coronavirus. Finally, on this peace officers memorial day, we give you thanks for the men and women in blue who stand watch every
To become law. But instead, its part of a initial to set the negotiation bar so outrageously left that the end negotiated result would republic to a socialist remotely governed republic. I disagree with legislation content, i offer often compromise. But in this case, theres only one reasonable response and its no. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for 15 seconds. Mr. Fulcher when i disagree content, i tive often consider compromise, but n this case, theres only one reasonable response and thats a no vote. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. He gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im to yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from california, mr. Cox. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california is recognized for 30 seconds. Mr. Cox mr. Speaker, the worki families of the Central Valley and 86,000 americans that have died dont have the luxury white house, the leader mcconnell, or m
Thanking our panelists. The democratic and republican colleagues for your participation in this forum. Over 80,000 citizens have lost their lives due to covid19. More than in any other question, country unearth. Many families have lost loved ones including my own. Mrs. Waters has also lost a member of her family due to the pandemic. This committee was not established to possibly or cast failures, or to search for the viruses origin. A relative, pursuit future success. We have been tasked with the urgent an important work of ensuring that our countrys response to this crisis is effective, efficient, and equitable. I agree that one of the most important components of our response is answering the question that is being discussed at every Kitchen Table in america right now. How will we know when we are ready to safely reopen our country . To answer that question, we should be informed by history, and guided by science. Well we all want to reopen as soon as possible, doing so before the pr
Okay, the rules committee will come to order. Before i give my opening statement, i just want to read a guidance from the attending physician. And we asked him specifically about the use of face coverings during proceedings like these. And while he is not mandated their use, he did share that, and i quote, my preference is that members retain their face covers when speaking as speaking is an activity which can release virus particles, especially if the speaking is of high spirited nature. And ive never had a meeting in the rules committee that hasnt been of a high spirited nature. So were going to leave it up to individual members to decide. But i think i will to be cautious here, im going to keep mine on. Others will be mindful of the reason why there is guidance on this issue. It has been roughly three months since the First Community transmission of covid19 was discovered in the United States. Since that time, our world has changed dramatically. There are now more than 1. 3 million
Hours ago today and recorded first thing this morning a video to share on social media with folks back home who have been eagerly asking what is up and whats happening and what is next. My message was simple, after days of this agreement and of tussling and fighting we have a deal and i am ready to vote. Lets move forward. Twelve hours later i stand in a largely empty chamber with an odd sense of foreboding as i have all day and had many of my colleagues wondering what is taking so long and what is the delay and what are the remaining issues . I am hopeful, prayerfully that we will resolve what is left to move to the chamber and take up the tests, voted out, send it to the house and senate to the president and send to chilean dollars in support to our nation. Let me tell you, as i have waited today and yesterday, as i have taken phone calls from folks from delaware for whatever reason they all say when will the senate act . We have faced a challenge over our last couple of days between